A mitigating circumstance is the fact that few library users restrict themselves to one source alone for obtaining books.
A good barrister - he'd known Thomas Walters for years - would be able to argue mitigating circumstances.
Did a white-hot surge of anger and disillusion count as a mitigating circumstance, disturbing the balance of the mind?
In its defence, the Government pleads mitigating circumstances.
Lancashire were subsequently fined £500, not £700, because of mitigating circumstances.
Now, that decision has been overturned although the appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating factors in the case.
There was no mitigating feature in the shape of a plea of guilty.
There were also mitigating factors, Lord Lane said.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►extenuating/mitigating circumstances
(=conditions that make it reasonable for someone to break the rules or law)· Hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►circumstances
· In its defence, the Government pleads mitigating circumstances.· A good barrister - he'd known Thomas Walters for years - would be able to argue mitigating circumstances.· Lancashire were subsequently fined £500, not £700, because of mitigating circumstances.· The same mitigating circumstances were present in this case as were present in Smith-Bryant.· If you were to change sides, with mitigating circumstances, you could get a suspended sentence.
►factor
· Now, that decision has been overturned although the appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating factors in the case.· There were also mitigating factors, Lord Lane said.· He said Fisher's plea of guilty had been a mitigating factor.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►mitigating circumstances/factors
A good barrister - he'd known Thomas Walters for years - would be able to argue mitigating circumstances.
I understand that there are mitigating circumstances, programming complications, contracts, etc.
In its defence, the Government pleads mitigating circumstances.
In the absence of mitigating factors the virus is likely to hit a dead end wherever strict role separation is practiced.
Juries have long stretched notions of self-defense or extended implicit clemency to recognize mitigating factors such as provocation and histories of abuse.
Lancashire were subsequently fined £500, not £700, because of mitigating circumstances.
Now, that decision has been overturned although the appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating factors in the case.
There were also mitigating factors, Lord Lane said.
mitigating circumstances/factors facts about a situation that make a crime or bad mistake seem less serious: Judges often give reduced sentences where there are mitigating circumstances.